Yes especially one named John Glenn. Scared may not be the right word. Then again it might. Fred did not have the spine to take on Glenn. Why should I or anyone else think he can take on the likes of Hillary in a race or Ted Kennedy etc? The DEMs hope Fred, Mitt, Rudy, or McCain, gets elected and you can take that one to the bank. The second best thing in their eyes besides winning is having a man in office like Bush who has carried their water for his terms. Learn from the lesson of Don Sundquist.
I see so you are standing by your accusation that Fred left the senate because of cowardice and not because of the reason he gave....i.e. the death of his daughter.
I guess you must somehow know what is in the heart of another man and can judge him on that.
Yet you're willing to support an obscure Republican career politician in California who has completely failed, after TWENTY SIX YEARS in office in a safely traditional Republican district, to muster any significant name recognition or respect among fellow California conservatives. Even when he had the same opportunities and venues as others, such as Tom McClintock, who've been in office in for about the same length of time and who is well-known and highly regarded in Republican circles throughout this large, populous state.
Thompson isn't perfect -- no candidate is. But he's hands-down, obviously, clearly, absolutely, THE BEST IN THE FIELD. Rush, Mark Steyn, Mark Levin, Tom McClintock, John Ziegler, Steve King of Iowa, the NRTL -- understand this. You, on the other hand, don't get that Hunter is a downright dumb choice for tenfold the very reason you criticize Thompson. Fascinating.